Biography
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Born
2000 (age 25)
S.Q.F is a Japanese band formed in 2000 by ex-MASCHERA vocalist michi. and was originally michi.'s solo project, with ex-iLLUMINA guitarist, Nao. michi. and Nao performed in an earlier band together, called evil eyes, when they were in high school. The name S.Q.F stands for "Spinning Q Factor."
The band began activities in 2000 and major debuted on Nippon Crown in 2001, although they switched labels just a year later, in 2002. In 2003, S.Q.F was changed from michi.'s solo project to an official band, members michi. (vocals) Yamamoto "NAO" Naoki (guitar), Naruse Shuuhei (keyboards), Ikeda "HIRO" Takahiro (bass) and Shuu (drums). In 2004, the keyboardist left the band and Kubota Keiei joined the band on guitar in April of 2005.
After a herniated intervertebral disc, Shuu was forced to leave the band in May of 2005 but was quickly replaced by drummer GUCCY in June of 2006. GUCCY left the band only two months later, along with both Hiro and Keiei, leaving michi. and Nao the only remaining members of S.Q.F.
Following this, michi. and Nao employed several support members including Maekawa Shingo (ex-The ROMEO, ex-JURASSIC), Kubota Keisuke (currently in SADS), YURAsama (Dacco, Brother, Psycho le Cému), and Ryuzi (ex-Trigger).
In 2010, S.Q.F began a special project to commemorate their ten year anniversary, splitting temporarily into two bands, S.Q.F and Spinning Q Factor, S.Q.F performing music created by the band from the end of 2005 onward and Spinning Q Factor performing the band's music released prior to the end of 2005. S.Q.F features costumes from the band's current visual-kei concept while Spinning Q Factor does not.
Spinning Q Factor was a five-person band, originally featuring guitarist Hikaru (ギャロ), and drummer Maekawa Shingo on support. Former bassist Ikeda Takahiro also returned to participate in the project. From July onward, Hikaru stopped doing guitar support and was replaced by Suga Daisuke (The ROMEO, PSYCHO CANDIE, Spiral Mind, 直助). Conversely, S.Q.F featured bassist RYUZI and either YURAsama or Maekawa Shingo on drums, depending on the live.
michi. and Nao continued to work as a two member project featuring support musicians until August 6, 2010, when Ryuzi became an official member of the band. After this, Ryuzi changed the spelling of his name to RYUch., and in the fall of 2010, Nao announced that he would be leaving the band. Nao's last live with S.Q.F was on December 31, 2010, after which Suga Daisuke replaced him, as a support member, on guitar.
S.Q.F continues activities with only two official members, michi. and RYUch. The "new S.Q.F" features support members Suga Daisuke on guitar and YURAsama on drums, and from April 2011, S.Q.F added a new support member, Joker, on rhythm guitar.
The current lineup is as follows:
Vocals: michi.
Bass: RYUZI (2010 - present)
Former members:
Drums: 愁 (Shuu) (2003 - 2005)
Keyboards: 鳴瀬シュウヘイ(Naruse Shuuhei) (2003 - 2004)
Bass: 池田鷹浩 (Ikeda Takahiro) (2003 - 2005)
Guitar: 窪田圭英 (Kubota Keiei) (2005 - 2005)
Drums: GUCCY (2005 - 2005)
Guitar: 山本直樹 (Yamamoto Naoki) (Nao) (2003 - 2010)
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